View photos of the medicinal plant fouquieria splendens ocotillo, profiled in medicinal plants of the american southwest. Fouquieria in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Pollinator availability as a determinant of flowering time in ocotillo. This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Mature plants usually grow to 1520 feet tall by 1012 feet wide. Our website may contain our service marks or trademarks as well as those of our affiliates or other companies, in the form of words, graphics and logos. Ocotillo secret to longevity always keep the lymph. Morphological changes in fouquieria splendens callus cocultivated with endophyte bacteria article pdf available in international journal of current microbiology and applied sciences 72. Feb 1978 this species may be thought of as the ocotillo that occurs in the subtropical desert thorn bushland, southern peninsula of baja california mexico, in contrast to the splendid ocotillo found in the chihuahuan and sonoran deserts. Plant in an area that will accommodate mature size. Fouquieria splendens, ocotillo, southwest desert flora. Environmental influences on water status in fouquieria splendens.
Ocotillo fouquieria splendens care sheet plants for. Ocotillo secret to longevity always keep the lymph moving. Department of agriculture, forest service, rocky mountain research. Tucson cactus and succulent society guide to common. Department of agriculture, forest service, rocky mountain research station, fire. Large image for fouquieria splendens ocotillo usda plants. Media in category fouquieria splendens the following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. Ocotillo desert bush fouquieria splendens 3d model max obj. Fouquieria splendens ocotillo medicinal uses charles w. See status, confidence level, source for definitions. Ocotillos unique branching habit lends an artistic, sculptural quality to the landscape. Ocotillo brief notes fouquieria splendens an amazing lymphatic plant medicine that probably could benefit 60% of the people who are reading this. Earlier work by robert humphrey of the university of arizona suggested that boojums grow only a few inches a year and that the tallest ones were up to 700 years old. Ocotillo fouquieria splendens is a unique native desert.
Convert and create pdf from various types of files like word doc, excel xls, powerpoint ppt. Ocotillo, fouquieria splendens, flowering spiny shrub characteristic of rocky deserts from western texas to southern california and southward into mexico. Leaves are narrow and create a bristly look to the branches sort of like a pine tree, though there are long, sharp spines hidden in these branches. A detailed description for fouquieria splendens, ocotillo, also called candlewood, coach whip and devils walking stick. Fouquieria splendens ocotillo jepson manual eflora tjm2 treatment. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. Each spring, and after summer rains, the whips suddenly sprout small green leaves along their whole length.
They are ocotillos pronounced ohkohteeyohs, one of the most curious and unique plants of the southwestern united states. Backyards beyond college of agriculture and life sciences. Fouquieria splendens fouquieriaceae ocotillo, coachwhip. Thorny branch of ocotillo fouquieria splendens closeup. Ocotillo fouquieria splendens, packet of 20 seeds quantity. Rocky soils and upslopes and uplands of the sonoran and chihuahuan deserts from southeastern california to southwest texas and northern mexico. Fouquieria splendens landscape plants oregon state university.
Page designed through the cooperative efforts of interagency itis teams. The boojum is essentially a succulent ocotillo fouquieria splendens. Michael moore writes the tincture is taken in a little warm water every three or four hours, usually in doses of 2535 drops. Fouquieria splendens ocotillo this upright thorny shrub occurs from southern california east to west texas and ranges south into northern mexico. Beginning in fall 20, we are doing away with the plant id sheet cds. Fouquieria splendens commonly known as ocotillo american spanish. Instead, all the files needed for either the disk or paper id book can be downloaded here. Pdf morphological changes in fouquieria splendens callus. This upright thorny shrub occurs from southern california east to west texas and ranges south into. Vegetatively, fouquieria burragei closely resembles f. The tubular flowers are bright orange and develop into capsules. Rocky soils and upslopes and uplands of the sonoran and chihuahuan. The only genus in the family, fouquieria, has some 11 species, and we offer photographs of them here. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
Ocotillo is a droughtdeciduous shrub with 6 to 100 wandlike branches that arise from the root crown. Aug 27, 2004 view picture of fouquieria species, candlewood, ocotillo fouquieria splendens at daves garden. Stems are leafless most of the year, covering themselves with bright green leaves after a rain. A very distinctive, upright, droughtdeciduous shrub, to 20 ft 6 m high, vaseshaped, many 6100 twisted, unbranched, wandlike gray stems arise from the root crown, with spines to 4 cm long. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Environmental influences on water status in fouquieria. Plant database lady bird johnson wildflower center. Fouquieria splendens ocotillo mountain states wholesale. Planting ocotillo cuttings fouquieria splendens youtube.
What are those plants on desert hillsides that look like bunches of spiny crooked dead sticks. An fouquieria splendens in uska species han magnoliopsida nga ginhulagway ni georg george engelmann. Sonoran native plant tour plant list plant, scientific name plant, common name fouquieria splendens ocotillo peniocereus greggii night blooming cereus acacia greggii catclaw acacia agave parryi parrys agave fouquieria columnaris boojum stenocereus thurberi organpipe cactus yucca elata soaptree yucca pachycereus schottii senita opuntia engelmannii engelmanns prickly pear. Trends and traditions 2009, sonoran desert food plants 20112017, southern california food plants 20, wild edible plants of texas 2016, medicinal plants of the western mountain states 2017, wild edible plants of arizona 2019, wild edible plants of new mexico 2019.
Some sesamothamnus and fouquieria have similar leafspine formation, and some of the species of sesamothamnus approach some mexican fouquieria species in gross morphology including growth form. Research station, fire sciences laboratory, missoula, mt. Fouquieria splendens are among the most exotic and lovely of the plants from the western sonoran desert and baja california, with snaky cactuslike limbs whips and blazing scarlet flowers. Ocotillo, desert coral fouquieria splendens my garden life. Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties.
In addition to fouquieria splendens, there are two other prominent species that are native to our north american deserts. Fouquieria macdougali is an excellent plant for native gardens where its bright red, nectarfilled blooms will attract hummingbirds. In spring, it is topped with bright orangered, tubular flowers providing migrating hummingbirds with much needed nourishment. Development of seinet, symbiota, and several of the specimen databases have been supported by national science foundation grants dbi 99832, brc 0237418, dbi 0743827, dbi 0847966.
It branches profusely from the base in a typical candelabra shape and sheds its leaves and flowers during drought periods, but chlorophyll in the bark allows the photosynthesis also without leaves. A succulent plant from mexico with numerous grooved, narrow, spiny stems and eventually bearing numerous, very attractive red flowers. For much of the year, the plant appears to be an arrangement of large spiny dead sticks, although closer examination reveals that the stems are partly green. Fouquieria splendens is a plant indigenous to the sonoran desert and chihuahuan desert in.
Available for download in highresolution for all creative projects. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. View picture of fouquieria species, boojum tree, cirio fouquieria columnaris at daves garden. They have semi succulent stems with thinner spikes projecting from them, with leaves on the bases spikes. Fouquieria splendens general botanical characteristics. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Ocotillo fouquieria splendens is a unique native desert plant with low branching, leafy, whip like canes. Cacti and succulent seeds, fouquieria splendens seeds, ocotillo seeds. Ocotillo fouquieria splendens is a unique native desert plant with lowbranching, leafy, whip like canes. Fouquieria splendens likes limestone when it is available, and grows on dry hillsides at lower elevations.
In mexico, ocotillo occurs in baja california norte, baja california sur, sonora. Gardening in tucson, phoenix, arizona and california. It differs from that close relative in being a winter grower. Fouquieria is a genus of 11 species of desert plants, the sole genus in the family fouquieriaceae.
The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the tree of life. Ocotillos fouquieria splendens are among the most exotic and lovely of the plants from the western sonoran desert and baja california, with snaky cactuslike limbs whips and blazing scarlet flowers. Ocotillo is an erect shrub with several spiny ascending stems that grow. Fouquieria splendens is an odd, slender, cactuslike, spiny shrub or small tree 2,5 to 610 m high with little branched or unbranched stems and differentiated short and long shoots. Fouquieria is an interesting genus because not only are most of the species found in mexico, and most are endemic to mexico. Vascular plants of the gila wilderness fouquieria splendens. Ocotillo is a dominant species in desert scrub, lechuguilla agave lechuguilla scrub, and yucca yucca spp.
What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page information wikidata item cite this page. View picture of fouquieria species, candlewood, ocotillo fouquieria splendens at daves garden. Free pdf tools to merge, split, encrypt, rotate, crop. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the california consortia of herbariasunset information provided by jepson flora project. The ocotillo is a bajada resident that can be relied upon to bloom annually, even without leafing in particularly dry springs. Long, spiny branches often referred to as canes radiate from a central base in a vase shape. This upright thorny succulent occurs from southern california east to texas and ranges south into northern mexico. Ocotillo in hot, dry climates and arizona and california. Ocotillo, a perennial shrub of sonoran and chihuahuan deserts, produces its red tubular flowers in. Pdf converter is a online webbased document to pdf converter software. Pdfill free pdf tools to merge, split, reorder, delete, encrypt, decrypt, rotate, crop and reformat pdf pages, to add information, header, footer and watermark, to convert images to pdf, pdf to images or postscript to pdf, to delete, flatten and list form fields, to scan to pdf, to create transparent image, and more. Mexican tree ocotillo, candlewood tree, ocotillo macho, torote verde family.
This is a relative of the renowned boojum tree fouquieria columnaris of baja california. Medicinal plants of the american southwest 200620092011, herbal medicine. It has spiny, sharp, polelike stems and light to dark green, oval, twoinch leaflets. Ocotillo fouquieria splendens care sheet fouquieria splendens is one of eleven species in the ocotillo family fouquieriaceae.
Please contact us for access to the pdf if required. It is a member of the candlewood family fouquieriaceae, which belongs to the order ericales. Select the appropriate class below, click the download button, and save the file to your computer. Ocotillo desert bush fouquieria splendens 3d model, available formats max obj fbx dae, ready for 3d animation and other 3d projects. Ocotillos can grow to 15 feet in height and as wide. Rocky slopes in sinaloa and sonora, mexico, at elevations from 500 to 2,000 feet. Sonoran native plant tour plant list plant, scientific name plant, common name fouquieria splendens ocotillo peniocereus greggii night blooming cereus acacia greggii catclaw acacia agave parryi parrys agave fouquieria columnaris boojum stenocereus thurberi organpipe cactus yucca elata soaptree yucca pachycereus schottii senita. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the plants classification report.
An fouquieria splendens in nahilalakip ha genus nga fouquieria. It is the only one native to the southwest of our country, extending into baja, the chihuahuan desert and into central mexico. It is an inverted, funnelshaped desert plant with several woody, spiny, whiplike, straight branches angling outward from the base and rising as high as 20 feet. A large image of fouquieria splendens ocotillo from the usda plants database.
B c d f g j l m o p s the results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding. Hosted by the usgs core science analytics and synthesis. Seeds were parched and ground into flour for mush or cakes. Ocotillo fouquieria splendens care sheet plants for the. Fouquieria splendens is one of eleven species in the ocotillo family fouquieriaceae. Lady bird johnson wildflower center focused on protecting and preserving north americas native plants through native plant lists and image galleries, conservation, education, natural landscapes, seed collection millennium seed bank msb project, preserving and restoring native communities, spreading awareness on invasive species and gardening to attract wildlife. Fouquieria macdougalii mexican ocotillo tree is from sonora and north sinaloa, mexico and is similar but much smaller to 6 feet in height and more cold sensitive than ocotillo.